'Dream come true' - Rogers on first England start
Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers says making his first senior England start in Monday's 3-0 World Cup qualifier win over Latvia was "a dream come true".
The 22-year-old played all 90 minutes at Wembley in Thomas Tuchel's second game in charge of the Three Lions after coming off the bench in Friday's victory over Albania.
"It's a dream come true - a moment to remember, for sure," Rogers told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"We knew it would be difficult and that they would defend well in a low block. Our quality showed. I'm delighted.
"That's what you want to do when you play football. You don't want to sit on the bench. Thankfully I got my chance and hopefully I can get many more in the future.
"I'm a bit disappointed I didn't score. I'm not always going to get it right but if I do the right things then good things will come from that."
Rogers is enjoying a fine season at club level, registering 12 goals and seven assists.
"Everything is going well right now. We just need to take it game by game and see how we go," he added when asked about Villa.
Did you know?
- Three Aston Villa players (Ezri Konsa, Marcus Rashford and Rogers) started an England game together for the first time since February 2009 (Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry and Emile Heskey) in a 2-0 friendly defeat by Spain.
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